Girl’s Night Out at Beachside Social
If you’ve paid any attention to us over the last couple of months as you try to decide whether or not to move forward with a divorce or custody case, you’ve probably heard about our Girl’s Night Out event series.
It’s a lot of fun and, if you haven’t been yet, I definitely encourage you to join us at our upcoming event at Beachside Social in Virginia Beach. It’s right on the oceanfront, and should be a really great time. The venue has indoor shuffleboard … [Read more...]

In honor of our former managing partner, Kristen D. Hofheimer, who passed away on January 19, 2019, after a long battle with breast cancer, we’ve decided to shake things up a bit. We’ve always been the first, largest family law firm in Virginia dedicated to representing women exclusively. Kristen was, of course, a very large part of that – she literally wrote the book on Virginia custody cases for moms (The Woman’s Custody Survival Guide), created our Custody Bootcamp for Moms seminar to help … [Read more...]

What IS Girl’s Night Out?
If you’ve been around for a little while (you know, kind of scoping us out to see who we are and what we’re about), you’ve probably seen that we have an event series called Girl’s Night Out.
But what is it? Should you go? Would you feel weird if you did? Is it just a bunch of people, sitting around, harping on and on about divorce? (Because that doesn’t sound like very much fun to anyone, I’m sure, including me, and I often sit around harping on and on about … [Read more...]

If you’re local, you should definitely plan to join us for our October Girl’s Night Out event at Amplitude Karaoke in Virginia Beach’s Town Center!
It’s our third year sponsoring a karaoke style event and, I won’t lie, I was not at all crazy about the idea at first. I was sort of strong armed into planning it, and I am so happy I was! I guess I was being a bit curmudgeonly anyway; I was all, “I’m TOTALLY not going to sing in front of people!” (I mean, let’s be real, I do not exactly have the … [Read more...]

August Girl’s Night Out
Our fourth annual Girl’s Night Out event at the Ocean View Pier was fabulous! There’s a reason we keep doing events there – you keep coming, and they keep being awesome! We’ve always had amazing weather, for one thing. (Knock on wood.) But the food and the drinks are also great, and where else can you go with such breathtaking panoramic views of the Chesapeake Bay? (Besides when you’re sitting in tunnel traffic, and then it’s generally frowned upon to drink orange … [Read more...]

Happy Memorial Day! If you’re an old school sort of girl, now’s the time to wear white and open toed shoes – it’s officially summer!
I’ve been waiting for this for ages, and I’m so glad it’s finally here! I’m a Virginia girl through and through, so the hotter and more humid the weather gets, the happier I am. I love our super hot Virginia summers, especially since we live so close to the beach – it’s never THAT hot when you’ve got a nice beach breeze, right?
The outside is best, especially … [Read more...]

From October onward, I dream about the summer. And then, inevitably, it totally sneaks up on me! Every. Single. Year. How does that even happen?
I’m a Hampton Roads girl, born and bred, and I love everything about the heat and humidity. In fact, I don’t think it can get too hot for me. I love the sunshine and the beach and, of course, being able to enjoy a fruity beverage outside. It seems like our window to schedule our Girl’s Night Out events outside is awfully narrow – in April, it can be … [Read more...]

It’s scary to meet new friends. And, a lot of times, whether it’s right or wrong, when you get a divorce, that’s exactly what you have to do. Whether he keeps the friends or you just suddenly don’t have anything in common with your married friends anymore, a lot of people tend to find that once they separate, they start looking for a group of friends with whom they share this new stage of life in common.
I mean, we all do that, right? Like, when we’re in college, we have college friends. As … [Read more...]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! (I don’t know about THAT, exactly, because I’m pretty partial to sunny at 75, but – Christmas is nice, too.)
For the FOURTH year in a row now, we’re sponsoring a Girl’s Night Out holiday party to celebrate the season with all of our awesome friends, both new and old. So far, we’ve done a Christmas party at one of our friend’s houses in Virginia Beach (that was so much fun!), the Crab Shack in Newport News, Yard House in Virginia Beach’s Town Center, … [Read more...]

Just a week or so ago, a really large group of us gathered together on the top deck at the Ocean View Fishing Pier in Ocean View, Norfolk. It’s such a cool venue (if you haven’t been there, you really should go!) and we always have a really good turnout. Maybe it’s the time of year, or maybe it’s just that everybody loves orange crushes, but it’s always super fun. It’s like a little mid-week vacation. If you couldn’t make it this time, we hope you’ll meet up with us next time—we’ll … [Read more...]